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they got things done. >> greta: any advice for congressman paul ryan? you tweeted today, you retweeted a cbs news, biden praises obama's debate performance. ure added, will joe giff a repeat of that wonderful performance, chicould sense the sarcasm? any advice for congressman paul ryan going into the vice-presidential debate next week? >> well, maybe we ought to start out by the latest gaffe of the gift that keeps on giving, who is a heartbeat away from the presidency, that the american people have been buried -- middle class of america has been buried the last four years. i agree, joe. [chuckles] >> that's where we could start. seriously, gret think that paul ryan may not be the most colorful individual, but any number of congress, he knows the issues, he knows them backwards and forwards. i believe it's very likely that on knowledge alone and presentation, which paul has made many times, that he doll well. my job is to lower expectations, he will never be as good as joe biden. but i am going to take a little different approach. i think that paul ryan
they got things done. >> greta: any advice for congressman paul ryan? you tweeted today, you retweeted a cbs news, biden praises obama's debate performance. ure added, will joe giff a repeat of that wonderful performance, chicould sense the sarcasm? any advice for congressman paul ryan going into the vice-presidential debate next week? >> well, maybe we ought to start out by the latest gaffe of the gift that keeps on giving, who is a heartbeat away from the presidency, that the...
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by the way, the idea came not from paul ryan or senator widen, a co-author of the bill in the senate, but also it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea that has been around a long time. we are saying, hey, let's see if we can't get competition into the medicare world so people can get the choice of different plans at lower costs, better quality. i unbelievable competition. >> jim if, if i can respond quickly. first of all, medicare has lower administrative costs than private insurance does, which is why seniors are generally pretty happy with it. private insurance has to make a profit. nothing wrong with that. that's what they do. and so, you have higher administrative costs, plus profit, on top of that. and if you are going to save any money through what governor romney's proposing, what has to happen is that the money has to come from somewhere. and when you move to a voucher system, you are putting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies. and over time ftraditional medicare has decayed or fallen apart, then they're stuck. and this is at this time reason
by the way, the idea came not from paul ryan or senator widen, a co-author of the bill in the senate, but also it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea that has been around a long time. we are saying, hey, let's see if we can't get competition into the medicare world so people can get the choice of different plans at lower costs, better quality. i unbelievable competition. >> jim if, if i can respond quickly. first of all, medicare has lower administrative costs than...
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by the way, the idea came not from paul ryan or senator widen, a co-author of the bill in the senate, but also it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea that has been around a long time. we are saying, hey, let's see if we can't get competition into the medicare world so people can get the choice of different plans at lower costs, better quality. i unbelievable competition. >> jim if, if i can respond quickly. first of all, medicare has lower administrative costs than private insurance does, which is why seniors are generally pretty happy with it. private insurance has to make a profit. nothing wrong with that. that's what they do. and so, you have higher administrative costs, plus profit, on top of that. and if you are going to save any money through what governor romney's proposing, what has to happen is that the money has to come from somewhere. and when you move to a voucher system, you are putting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies. and over time ftraditional medicare has decayed or fallen apart, then they're stuck. and this is at this time reason
by the way, the idea came not from paul ryan or senator widen, a co-author of the bill in the senate, but also it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea that has been around a long time. we are saying, hey, let's see if we can't get competition into the medicare world so people can get the choice of different plans at lower costs, better quality. i unbelievable competition. >> jim if, if i can respond quickly. first of all, medicare has lower administrative costs than...
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paul ryan in the senate, but it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea that's been around for a long time, which is saying, hey, let's see if we can get competition into the medicare world so that people who get the choice of different plans at lower cost, better quality. i believe in competition. >> jim, if i can just respond quickly, first of all, every study has shown that medicare has lower administrative costs than private insurance does, which is why seniors are generally pretty happy with it. and private insurers have to make a profit. nothing wrong with that. that's what they do. you have higher administrative costs, plus profit on top of that. and if you're going to save any money through what governor romney's proposing, what has happened is the money has to come from somewhere. and when you move to about a system, you are putting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies. and over time, if traditional medicare has decayed or fallen apart, then they're stuck. and this is the reason why aarp has said that your plan would
paul ryan in the senate, but it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea that's been around for a long time, which is saying, hey, let's see if we can get competition into the medicare world so that people who get the choice of different plans at lower cost, better quality. i believe in competition. >> jim, if i can just respond quickly, first of all, every study has shown that medicare has lower administrative costs than private insurance does, which is why seniors are...
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paul ryan -- i mean this sincerely. paul ryan introduced a budget that past. it lays out in stark detail what they would do on everything from medicare to medicaid to social security to education to the debt across the board. we do not have to wonder anymore. we do not have to wonder exactly what gov. romney means when he says a, b, c, or d. they are not talking anymore about what paul ryan and mitt romney are really four. there are spending an awful lot of time telling you what we, barack obama and joe biden are against. they just attack everything. the truth of the matter is, no where is it more clear what they would do that on medicare. but miss start off by -- i will give you a few specific examples to make a larger point. they have laid out clearly -- what barack obama and joe biden did is they have stolen money from medicare and they have done it to get obamacare and all of this. you see it in the ads. nothing could be further from the truth. everyone in this room on medicare or knows somebody on medicare knows since barack obama acted, your parents and
paul ryan -- i mean this sincerely. paul ryan introduced a budget that past. it lays out in stark detail what they would do on everything from medicare to medicaid to social security to education to the debt across the board. we do not have to wonder anymore. we do not have to wonder exactly what gov. romney means when he says a, b, c, or d. they are not talking anymore about what paul ryan and mitt romney are really four. there are spending an awful lot of time telling you what we, barack...
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romney unlocked paul ryan to a certain extent and now he can leverage him if ryan can get the space to talk about it in the debate. >> paul: mary. >> i think what you can expect from paul ryan, he will repeat over and over again, the 716 billion dollars in medicare cuts that obama is putting on people who are right now relying on medicare. and he will show, he will try to show that his plan will actually save medicare while obama will destroy it. i think that's his greatest edge and that's where he's going to go. >> paul: he's got a delicate task because i think he has to defend, jason, i think he has to defend romney against what will be biden's task even as he turns around and tries to go after the president's agenda while showing his own competence on substance, on these issues, that's a more complicated taste and biden is basically going to be all in assaulting romney. >> and i think that biden is going to want to talk foreign policy and i think the polls have shown that the president's doing good on that, not as well as he was, that gap has narrowed with the events in the middle e
romney unlocked paul ryan to a certain extent and now he can leverage him if ryan can get the space to talk about it in the debate. >> paul: mary. >> i think what you can expect from paul ryan, he will repeat over and over again, the 716 billion dollars in medicare cuts that obama is putting on people who are right now relying on medicare. and he will show, he will try to show that his plan will actually save medicare while obama will destroy it. i think that's his greatest edge and...
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later mitt romney campaigns and that virginia along with his running mate paul ryan. coverage begins at 6:45 eastern. today's washington journal is about last night's debate with your calls. host: the candidates have spoken and the pundits have reacted. now it is your turn to way and on the first presidential debate of campaign 2012. the next three hours are devoted to hearing your views of last night's debate in denver. you can see the numbers on your screen. if you are a romney supporter -- please allow 30 days between your calls. you can also send us a tweet. we are using a different address this morning. that is the hashta we are using this morning. you can also make a comment on our facebook page or send us an e-mail. we want to get your reactions to what you think of the debate. we want to start off by showing you the huffington post this morning. here it is, "romney wins the night." this is from "the hill" newspaper. in "the hill" again -- that is from "the hill." here is "politico." that is from "politico." time to hear from you. the first presidential debate
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the idea came not from paul ryan but also it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea that has been around for a long time. we are saying let's bring competition into the medicare were also people can get a choice of different plans at lower cost, better quality, and better competition. >> first of all, every study has shown that meeicare has lower administrative costs than private insurance does, which is why seniors are generally pretty happy with it. private insurance has to make a profit. there is nothing wrong with that, that is what they do. so you have higher administrative costs, plus profit on top of that, and if you were going to save any money through what governor romney is proposing, what would have to happen is, the money has to come from somewhere. when you move to a voucher system, you are putting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies. over time, if traditional medicare has decayed or fall apart, and they are stopped. this is the reason why aarp has said that your plan would weaken medicare substaatially, and that is why they
the idea came not from paul ryan but also it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea that has been around for a long time. we are saying let's bring competition into the medicare were also people can get a choice of different plans at lower cost, better quality, and better competition. >> first of all, every study has shown that meeicare has lower administrative costs than private insurance does, which is why seniors are generally pretty happy with it. private insurance...
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ryan later next week in danville, kentucky.obama and romney will meettagain the week after in hempptead, new york.i'm cristina mutchler reporting kitchenaid is doing damage from it's offcial account nt during the debate last night. night.the posted tweettread "obamas grandma even knew it wws goinggto be bad... she died three days before he became president.""he tweet was in reference to theemoment about he importance of programm like medicare and social security. my grandmmther dieedthree days before i was elected president. and she wws fiercely independent. she worked her way up, only had a high school educatton, livvng alone by chhice and the - reason she couud be &pindependent was because of social security nn medicare," the tteet was removed... nd kitchenaid later posted an apooogy from tte same twitter account.the company did not explain how the tweet ended up there. an airline is taking the political complaint ... " if my candidate doesn't win....'m leaving the country." ...and flying with it...if you're &pnext monthh' pressdential election... jet-blue has an offer that mmght appe
ryan later next week in danville, kentucky.obama and romney will meettagain the week after in hempptead, new york.i'm cristina mutchler reporting kitchenaid is doing damage from it's offcial account nt during the debate last night. night.the posted tweettread "obamas grandma even knew it wws goinggto be bad... she died three days before he became president.""he tweet was in reference to theemoment about he importance of programm like medicare and social security. my grandmmther...
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that's the plan i put forward, and the idea came not even from paul ryan or senator riden, but it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea which has been around for a long time. saying hey, let's see if we can't get competition into the medicare world so people can get a choice at lower cost better quality, i believe in competition. >> obama: first of all every study has shown that medicare has lower administrative costs than private insurance does. and private insurance has to make a profit. nothing wrong with that. that's what they do. so you have hire administrative costs, plus profit on top of that, and if you are going to save any money through what governor romney is proposing, what has to happen is that the money has to come from somewhere, and when you move to a voucher system you are cutting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies, and over time if traditional medicare had decayed or fallen apart then they are stuck. this is the reason why aarp has said that your plan would weaken medicare substantially, and that's why they were supportive of the appr
that's the plan i put forward, and the idea came not even from paul ryan or senator riden, but it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea which has been around for a long time. saying hey, let's see if we can't get competition into the medicare world so people can get a choice at lower cost better quality, i believe in competition. >> obama: first of all every study has shown that medicare has lower administrative costs than private insurance does. and private insurance...
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bill with paul ryan in the senate but it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea that's been around a long time which is saying, hey, let's see if we can't get competition into the medicare world so that people can get the choice of different plans at lower cost, better quality. i believe in competition. >> jim if i can just respond very quickly. first of all, every study has shown that medicare has lower administrative cost than private insurance does, which is why seniors are generally pretty happy with it. and private insurers have to make a profit. nothing wrong with that. that's what they do. and so you've got higher administrative costs, plus profit on top of that and if you are going to save any money through what governor romney's proposing, what has to happen is that the money has to come from somewhere. and when you move to a voucher system, you are putting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies and over time if traditional medicare has decayed or fallen apart then they're stuck. and this is the reason why a.a.r.p. has said tha
bill with paul ryan in the senate but it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this is an idea that's been around a long time which is saying, hey, let's see if we can't get competition into the medicare world so that people can get the choice of different plans at lower cost, better quality. i believe in competition. >> jim if i can just respond very quickly. first of all, every study has shown that medicare has lower administrative cost than private insurance does, which is why...
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the idea came not from paul ryan, but from the co-author of the bill in the senate. it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this says let's see if we can get competition into the medicare world so people can get the choice of different plans at lower cost, better policy is a quality. i believe in competition. >> every study has shown matters here -- medicare has the word administrative cost. -- medicare has lower administrative costs than regular insurance has. this is why seniors are generally happy with it. private insurers have to make a profit. that is what they do. you have higher administrative costs plus profit on top of that. if you were going to save any money to what governor romney is proposing, what has to happen is that the money has to come from somewhere. when you move to a voucher system, you are putting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies. over time, if traditional medicare has decayed, they are stuck. this is why aarp has said your plan would begin medicare substantially. -- would weaken medicare substantially. that is why they wer
the idea came not from paul ryan, but from the co-author of the bill in the senate. it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this says let's see if we can get competition into the medicare world so people can get the choice of different plans at lower cost, better policy is a quality. i believe in competition. >> every study has shown matters here -- medicare has the word administrative cost. -- medicare has lower administrative costs than regular insurance has. this is why seniors are...
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at least paul ryan put his own plan up. president obama, he's not led like this much on the issue. >> gerry, confidence post election, somehow these guys will get their act together? >> i'm not convinced. if you look, you look at their track record. if you look at their track record, what you see is an unwillingness. >> we have a president who is not-- did you see the debate one of the most absurd things about the debate he really had no clue about some of the basics of this economy. >> that's right. >> that's not someone that is going to deal with it. >> unfamiliar and-- >> and i want to go to ben for a second. ben, you've been the one on the panel most talked about a balanced approach to this. is there a-- is there an elegant solution, one out there where everyone takes a little bit of pain, but we don't go over that proverbial fiscal cliff everyone should be worried about? >> i think high income people, people are going to have a take a lot of pain, and they, when i say we deserve it. our taxes are just too low. we need
at least paul ryan put his own plan up. president obama, he's not led like this much on the issue. >> gerry, confidence post election, somehow these guys will get their act together? >> i'm not convinced. if you look, you look at their track record. if you look at their track record, what you see is an unwillingness. >> we have a president who is not-- did you see the debate one of the most absurd things about the debate he really had no clue about some of the basics of this...
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but by picking paul ryan and laying out why he picked paul ryan, he picked paul ryan because paul ryan does represent the ideological -- how do i say it? the center of the republican party. he said, basically, that's why i'm picking paul ryan. now we don't have to guess about what governor romney meands means when he says things about medicare, social security, and all these things. it is almost like two incumbents running. because paul ryan, and i mean this sincerely, paul ryan introduced the ren republican budget in the house of representatives, sold by the republicans, that in fact lays out in stark detail what they would do on everything from medicare to medicaid to social security to education to the debt. i mean, across the board. so we don't have to wonder anymore. we don't have to wonder any more what governor romney means when he says a, b, c, or d. what they are doing these days, if you noticed, they are not talking anymore about what paul ryan and mitt romney are for. they are spending a lot of time telling you what we are against and what we have done. they have attacked ev
but by picking paul ryan and laying out why he picked paul ryan, he picked paul ryan because paul ryan does represent the ideological -- how do i say it? the center of the republican party. he said, basically, that's why i'm picking paul ryan. now we don't have to guess about what governor romney meands means when he says things about medicare, social security, and all these things. it is almost like two incumbents running. because paul ryan, and i mean this sincerely, paul ryan introduced the...
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i want the paul ryan budget but not this part not that far you heard on one simpson bowie's these are within the same but in a we've seen this also from romney on obamacare first look we need to repeal obamacare but not the popular parts we want to keep kids on their parents' health care insurance we want to make sure people with preexisting conditions can get health care but we don't want the other parts of the bill understand that you can't get one part without the other he didn't say that he said he didn't like the state exactly what you know that yesterday he said it was a date should be a model in massachusetts keeps kids on till they're twenty six it mandates preexisting conditions i don't know nobody's donated money in the development plan to save us and rule in the past he has said that romney care should be and i'm all i know is that the law the more we as americans focus on medical care and health care access as an insurance issue the further away we get from dealing with this problem because whether no matter how you slice it if you look at it as an h.m.o. problem or govern
i want the paul ryan budget but not this part not that far you heard on one simpson bowie's these are within the same but in a we've seen this also from romney on obamacare first look we need to repeal obamacare but not the popular parts we want to keep kids on their parents' health care insurance we want to make sure people with preexisting conditions can get health care but we don't want the other parts of the bill understand that you can't get one part without the other he didn't say that he...
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if paul ryan doesn't get pushed, biden will be ready to go after him. in the last vice presidential debate i knew his stuff. even though as you showed in that clip he and mccain were good friends, he was aggressive in going after mccain and his friends. >> this was tuesday. >> why aren't you more specific i heard you sunday when you were on fox and you didn't answer his question about how we're going to you know what are your plans? >> oh, yeah, look, when you get in 0 a math conversation it can take a little while. >> steve, we've got time. >> you know, yeah, joe biden is going to step back and go take your time. go ahead, you know, we can listen. >> yeah, there is this famous s and l sketch from the 1988 election. and he said you got 1:30 and talk about what you do for the homeless problem. he says i don't have enough time there is so much to get to. you know what, we have stopped the clock for you. and he stairs. you wonder, the thing was, in the debate last night. obama had multiple opportunities to press romney and be specific on the math and prese
if paul ryan doesn't get pushed, biden will be ready to go after him. in the last vice presidential debate i knew his stuff. even though as you showed in that clip he and mccain were good friends, he was aggressive in going after mccain and his friends. >> this was tuesday. >> why aren't you more specific i heard you sunday when you were on fox and you didn't answer his question about how we're going to you know what are your plans? >> oh, yeah, look, when you get in 0 a math...
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because they are the next debate before received these again and particularly paul ryan. there is going to be great pressure to make him do as well as the nominee. >> now people are thinking whoa these people could get the job. ryan has's select -- >> joining us is rachel. harrison is taking off. >> was a something i said? >> no, no he is not offended at all. you spend a lot of time thinking about press and obama both in the presidential context and certainly as a candidate. i would say the precedence defense, it would be like me debating you and you spending three months every night studying for it and winging it. you would crush me. you would crush me her pair but certainly crush me in that circumstance. mitt romney we know has spent hours and hours and hours preparing for this and getting his briefings late at night and getting his breathing books at home and calling advisers on each and every one of the issues. you could see tonight. every single question he was ready for andy had a canned response that was two minutes. it was positive. it was efficient. >> three poin
because they are the next debate before received these again and particularly paul ryan. there is going to be great pressure to make him do as well as the nominee. >> now people are thinking whoa these people could get the job. ryan has's select -- >> joining us is rachel. harrison is taking off. >> was a something i said? >> no, no he is not offended at all. you spend a lot of time thinking about press and obama both in the presidential context and certainly as a...
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all of you republicans seem to bant paul ryawant paul ryan for, but he's not. >> i heard you say no about the idea of tax simplification. why is that not a good thing? >> we're all basing this argument predicated on lower tax rates are going to stimulate things. companies are not using the industrial capacity they have now. they laid off workers because there's no demand. cut their taxes, it doesn't mean they're going to build another factory if people aren't buying their goods. it's lunacy to think this would fix the problem. it's not a tax problem. it's a job problem. >> look what happened in the '80s. even when nowhere cut the capital gains, investment went up. in the second quarter in this country, capital gains grew 0%. >> go ahead, mark. >> we've had a lost decade. a lot of that we did cut taxes and -- >> by the time bush put in his second round of tax cuts in 2003 through the end of his presidency, he created over 2 million jobs in this country. >> hold on, guys. trends over time, when you go back to 1983, you look at that long period of time where median income went up during the
all of you republicans seem to bant paul ryawant paul ryan for, but he's not. >> i heard you say no about the idea of tax simplification. why is that not a good thing? >> we're all basing this argument predicated on lower tax rates are going to stimulate things. companies are not using the industrial capacity they have now. they laid off workers because there's no demand. cut their taxes, it doesn't mean they're going to build another factory if people aren't buying their goods....
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the idea came not from paul ryan for the co author critical of the of the bill in the senate. it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. we canys let's see if get competition into the medicare world so people can get the choice of different plans at lower cost, better policy is a quality. i believe in competition. >> every study has shown matters here -- medicare has the word administrative cost. this is why seniors are generally happy with it. private insurers have to make a profit. that is what they do. you have higher administrative costs plus profit on top of that. if you were going to save any money to what governor romney is proposing, what has to happen is that the money has to come from somewhere. when you move to a voucher system, you are putting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies. over time, it traditional medicare has decayed, they are stuck. this is why aarp has said your plan would begin medicare substantially. that is why they were supportive of the approach we took. we do have to lower the cost of health care. >> we will talk about that in a minu
the idea came not from paul ryan for the co author critical of the of the bill in the senate. it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. we canys let's see if get competition into the medicare world so people can get the choice of different plans at lower cost, better policy is a quality. i believe in competition. >> every study has shown matters here -- medicare has the word administrative cost. this is why seniors are generally happy with it. private insurers have to make a profit....
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>> i sit on the budget committee with paul ryan. i've had an opportunity to debate him on many occasion. this is a case of birds of a feather. the only difference between mitt romney and paul ryan is 17% that they dismiss. >> why are they running around the country kiting us in half saying these bums. i don't want their votes? >> because they believe that half the country doesn't matter. they don't get that the percentage of americans that they are dismissing and calling victims and government dependence are our veterans or 20 million seniors who paid into medicare and social security their whole lives and now deserve to have that safety net in place for them. or college students like those that go here to the university of denver who need to make sure that they can go to college and afford it and have a student loan interest rate that's low enough for them to be able to pay back their loans. >> let's talk sheer politic, the elite ruling of the world. why, joy, does a politician trying to get 51%, as romney has been saying for month
>> i sit on the budget committee with paul ryan. i've had an opportunity to debate him on many occasion. this is a case of birds of a feather. the only difference between mitt romney and paul ryan is 17% that they dismiss. >> why are they running around the country kiting us in half saying these bums. i don't want their votes? >> because they believe that half the country doesn't matter. they don't get that the percentage of americans that they are dismissing and calling...